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Read key findings from the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on substance use, mental health, and treatment by age group. Metrics in the report cover the civilian, noninstitutionalized US population ages 12 and older. Unlike other NSDUH Annual National Reports, the 2020 report has no comparisons...

Read key findings from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on substance use, mental health, and treatment by age group. Metrics in the report cover the civilian, noninstitutionalized US population ages 12 and older. The report covers both current conditions and trends over time.

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Read key findings from the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on substance use, mental health, and treatment by age group. Metrics in the report cover the civilian, noninstitutionalized US population ages 12 and older. The report covers both current conditions and trends over time.

This spotlight uses 2002 to 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to examine trends in past year opioid misuse among adults aged 18 or older by age group.

Describes emergency department (ED) visits involving the nonmedical use of narcotic pain relievers (opioids) using data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). The drugs most commonly combined with narcotic pain relievers in ED visits; trends for narcotic pain relievers (2005-2011); demographic characteristics of narcotic pain reliever-related visits in 2011...

This Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) short report shows the estimated number of emergency department visits involving misuse or abuse of the pain medication tramadol between 2005 and 2011. The report specifically talks about age groups, gender, trends over time and other drugs such as narcotic pain relievers, anti-anxiety and...

These detailed tables show trends in population totals and prevalence estimates of illicit drug use, risk and protective factors, substance initiation, substance dependence/abuse, and need/receipt of substance use treatment from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Substances examined include illicit drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens...

These detailed tables present standard errors for illicit drug use totals and prevalence estimates from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Illicit drugs include marijuana, cocaine, crack, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and the nonmedical use of prescription-type psychotherapeutics, including pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives. Standard errors...

These detailed tables present standard errors for totals and prevalence estimates of substance use initiation from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Substances examined include illicit drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens (including LSD, PCP, Ecstasy), inhalants, and the nonmedical use of prescription-type pain relievers (including...

These detailed tables show standard errors for trends in totals and prevalence estimates of illicit drug use, risk and protective factors, substance initiation, substance dependence/abuse, and need/receipt of substance use treatment from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Substances examined include illicit drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine...

This short report uses data on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits to examine the involvement of zolpidem in ED visits that are related to overmedication. Zolpidem is a medication used to treat insomnia. Overmedication may occur when a patient takes too much of their own medications (i.e., exceeds the prescribed...

This short report uses data on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits from the Drug Abuse Warning Network to examine the trends in ED visits involving methamphetamine from 2007 to 2011. In addition to the trends for total methamphetamine-related visits, it also shows trends by gender and by age group; the...

These detailed tables show trends in population totals and prevalence estimates of illicit drug use, risk and protective factors, substance initiation, substance dependence/abuse, and need/receipt of substance use treatment from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Substances examined include illicit drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens...

These detailed tables show standard errors for trends in totals and prevalence estimates of illicit drug use, risk and protective factors, substance initiation, substance dependence/abuse, and need/receipt of substance use treatment from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Substances examined include illicit drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine...

These detailed tables are population illicit drug use totals and prevalence estimates from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Illicit drugs include marijuana, cocaine, crack, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and the nonmedical use of prescription-type psychotherapeutics, including pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives. Results are provided for...